Bookkeeping-machine.



J. R. PEIRCE.

BOOKKEEPING MACHINE. Prucnlon msu Amm. 1901.

1.B.PE|RCE.

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Patented July 17, 1917.

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J. R. FEIRCE.

BOOKKEEPING MACHINE. APPLICATION msn AuG.9. 1901.

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J. R. PEIHCE.

BOOKKEEPING MACHINE. APPLICATION man M1629. 1901.

Patented July 17', 19.17.

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J. R. PEIRCE. BOOKKEEPING MACHINE. APPLfcAHoN FILED num?. |907.

41,233,699. Patented July 17, 1917.

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BDOKKEEPING MACHINE.

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BOOKKEEPNG MACHNE.

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BDOKKEHING MACHINE. APPLlcATl'oN mm Auss. 1907.

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1. R. PE-lce.

BUOKKEEPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG9| |901.

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^ JOHN noYDEN PEIRE, oF NEW YoztK, N. Y.

nooxxEEPINc-Mncnrnn v Specification f Letters Patent. Patented July 17, '19,1%

Application led August 9, 1907. Serial No. 387,868.v

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, JOHN ROYDEN PEIRCE,

4of August 23, 1906, I have described a system of mechanical bookkeeping in which perforated cards were used to indicate the several items of a bookkeeping entry and were adapted to control an apparatus for printing such .items properly upon a sheet of a loose leaf book or the like; and .I have.

described also an apparatus for perforating said card according` to -a determined system, and also mechanism controlled by the perforated cardfor reproducing the items on a sheet. A y

The present application is in part a continuation of the previous applications, and

covers, with some modifications in detail the apparatus controlled by the card for reprmlucinf.,r the items on a sheet. The coinplete apparatus includes a number of separately valuable features. I will first describe in a general way the principalparts and functions of one style of machine em bodying the invention. and then explain the details with reference to the drawings.

A pocket of special construction is provided for the card, one of the walls being movable away from the otherto permit the ready' insertion of the card, and the pocket being open at the top and one side and provided with closures for holding the card in at the top and side.

The perforated cards control the positions of type controlling rods or pins which are yieldingly pressed against Athe card and which pass through the perforations thereof. These control rods are supported in sockets at their lrear ends and the head of each serves as a stop to limit the movement of a type carrier so that the type is set in proper position to print.

Each type carrier provided with a no mark or blank stop which vpresents the operation of any one of its types iii leasev there is no perforation in the coluifm of the card corresponding to .`the type carrier. Each type carrier ordinarily carries ten types for the respective figures 0, l, 2, 3, 4,`

5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Or where it is desired to print the letters of the alphabet the proper type carrier may be provided with a complete alphabet and its "movement may be controlled by a modified system of perfo- '.rations on the card. The type carriers are,

operated by means of springs which lift them to positions determined by the control rods when a holding-down rod is-raised by the operation of the main handle. The lifting of the holdindown rod is eiiected through a cam provided with a dwell which is inoperative during the locking of the pocket and the actuating of the control rods, after which dwell there is a portion which .releases the type carriers and then a second dwell for the operation of the hammer and other devices hereinafter described.

After the type are set in position theyV they are struck by hammers. which are tripped by the operation of the main lever. These hammers are in a fixed horizontal line and 'strike the types which are brought in register with this line and thusV print with one operation the full line upon the sheet.

The operation of the main lever or handle feeds the sheet upward. A hand release is "provided for permitting the shifting of the sheet backward, that is downward.

Ordinarily a card will be used having five spaces punched to indicate respectively the date, distribution, debtor, creditor and amount. In print-in by means of such a card it will be desire to insert the amount in the debit or left hand column of the sheet for one of the two parties concerned, and in the credit or right hand column of the sheet for the other. party (it being understood that this card serves as a voucher and is first used by the. creditor to make an entry in his own books, and is then forwarded to the debtor who uses it to make an entry in his books). Mechanism is provided in the present machine whereby the paper may be shiftedto the right or to the left Ytlo'priiit in the debit or credit column. as desired, this mechanism. being operated by suitable push buttons. In one emlmdiment of the invention illustrateda mernanism is provided, wherebyiupon nding in the creditors or debtors column of the card a set of perforations corresponding to the name of the owner vof they machine in question.1 the machine Will automatically shift the sheet so that the amount will be printed in the proper column. Such control of the debit and credit shiftin mechanism is readily effected by means o the type carriers of the debit or credit group which, when 'they stand in position. to set the type corresponding to the owners name, release a device controlling the shifting mechanism (see Figures 25 and 26).

-. An alternative system is illustrated in -Figs.. 35 to 38, including cards provided 7either lthe' debit or the credit column of the sheet, two groups of type carriers are arH ranged, one alongside the other, both 0f- Which are under control of the card, and either one of which may be rendered operative. alone according to the intention. to. print in the debit er the Acredit column. The same principle may be extended to provide Athree or more sets of type for printing in any one or more) of a corresponding numbei. of columns; such mechanism being usefx1-lin arranging diiferent' classes of items in' different columns.

In' Acmineotion with the printing mechanism there is preferably provided an adding mechanism whereby after entering a ninnber of items upon a sheet .the operator may printthe total mechanically. The adding mechanism also indicates through Windows or the like in the frame of the machine, the separatefitems or totals as desired.

Various other features of advantage are referred to in detail hereinafter.

he accompanying drawings illustrate T 'apparatns embodying the invention.

i'g.1 is a -front .elevation of the complete machine; i f

Fig2 is a rear elevation thereof;

Fig: is in part a plan and in part a horizontal section of machine; y Fig. 11 is a detail of Fig. 3, enlarged;

Fig. 5 is a face viewfof a controllin card;

, Fig. 6 is a vertical. section from ront to rear;`

the lovver part of the' Fig. 7 isahorizontalsection through the type carriers (if-Figa; .I l p Fig. 8 is a rear elevation. of trips 'for the adding Wheels;

Fig. 9 is a detail of Fig. 6 in perspective;

Figui() is an elevation of the right hand side 'of the machine;

Fig. 11 is a detached detail of Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is an elevation of the left hand side of the machine;

F ig. 13 is a sectional viewapproximately on the line 13 of Fig. 12'

Fig. 14 is a detailv oi Fig. 12 With the parts in-a different position; Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the mecha-` nism for bringing the control rods against the cards;

Fig. 16 is a vertical section from side to side of the machine;

Fig. 17 is a face 1view of the usual type of sheet 'printed on by the machine;

Fig. 18 is a side elevation of the mecha nisin for controlling the movable Wall of the pocket;

Fig. 19 is a side elevation of the mechanism for closing the upper edge of the pocket;

Fig. 20 is a side elevation of the mechanism for releasing the type carriers;

Fig. 2l is a section on the line 21 of Fig. 20'

Fig. 22 is a top plan of the machine, showing the arrangement of the keys.

Fig. 23 the mechanism 'for controlling the hammers;

Figs. 2a and 25' the mechanism, inside elevation andplan respectively, for shifting the sheet;

Figs. 26, 27 and 28 are views similar to Figs. 2.4 and 25, with the parts in different positions;

Fig. 29'is a perspective View of the adding wheel carriers;

Fig. 30 is a section of Fig. 29 on the line 30-30. A

Figs'. 3 1', 32 and 33 are a plan and detailsof the-'preferred arrangement for printing in the debit or credit column or in any one or morev of a plurality'of columns at will; Fig. 34 is a detached .View of'a type carv rier elevated in position to print a desired .figure- Figs. 35 and 86 are cards which cause the machine to print at oneside andat .the

other respectlvely Figs. .37 and 38 are s ide and rear eleva- F tions'respeetively of a simple means of determining whether lthe machine shall print on the debit or onthe credit side Fig. 39 is a separate view of the mechai nism' for preventin'g the operation of the type carriers when there is no card in the machlne;

. Figs. 40 and-41 are faceviews odiierent I styles ofprnted .'lieets for which the machine may be adapted; y 

